Table 6 Log2 median ratio counts of taxa associated with COVID-19 mortality when comparing deceased (n = 10) versus survived (n = 15).

From: Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid metatranscriptomes among patients with COVID-19 disease

log2 median ratio

Median diff

Mean diff

p value

q value

Taxonomy

2.25

0.361

0.371

0.00017

0.00691

Comamonadaceae

5.21

0.405

0.377

0.00017

0.00691

Variovorax

2.97

0.002

0.002

0.00353

0.074

Vibrionales

2.97

0.002

0.002

0.00353

0.074

Vibrionaceae

3.8

0.002

0.00181

0.00492

0.0827

Vibrio

1.84

0.0549

0.13

0.0137

0.124

Bacilli

2.24

0.403

0.297

0.0163

0.124

Burkholderiales

3.16

0.002

0.002

0.0157

0.124

Alteromonadales

3.61

0.004

0.004

0.0156

0.124

Yersiniaceae

2.1

0.005

0.00435

0.0156

0.124

Salmonella

1.77

0.011

0.064

0.0475

0.274

Streptococcaceae

2.29

0.425

0.296

0.0264

0.185

Betaproteobacteria

−5.13

−0.103

−0.104

0.0308

0.199

Bacteroidia

−5.18

−0.099

−0.102

0.00962

0.124

Bacteroidales

  1. Comparisons were conducted using Wilcoxon rank sum test and adjusted for multiple test comparisons using the Benjamini Hochberg correction method. A full list of significant taxonomic comparison values at the species level can be found in Supplementary Table 8.